Archive for June 12th 2013

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a water treatment works in West Yorkshire which sent a plume of black smoke into the sky.
A large amount of plastic in a disused tank caught fire at the Yorkshire Water plant on Smithies Lane, Heckmondwike, ...

A fire at a scrap metal yard in the West Midlands was caused by a "possible electrical fault in one of the scrap cars", the fire service has said.
At its height over 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at Sims Metal Management, on Rabone Lane, Smethwic...

Two teenage boys have been charged with arson following a fire at the Sheffield Ski Village.
A shed and two outbuildings were badly damaged in the blaze on 24 April, a year after the Vale Road site's main building was destroyed by fire.
The boys, age...

Colorado is facing a trio of wildfires in hot, dry conditions, including one threatening the world's highest suspension bridge.
The blazes have razed dozens of homes and prompted the evacuation of nearly 6,500 people, including hundreds of inmates fr...

Nobody else is thought to have been involved in a fire which killed a man at a Suffolk caravan park, police said.
The dead man, who was believed to be in his 80s, was found at his bungalow at Shepherd's Grove Park, Stanton in the early hours of Monda...

A witness in the Sharkey fire deaths trial has told how one of the murder accused left a Helensburgh pub minutes before he had ammonia thrown at him.
Michael McGinley told the High Court in Glasgow that his family home in the town was set on fire the...

About 60 firefighters have tackled a huge blaze that broke out at a commercial laundry in east Kent.
The fire, which gutted the Victorian building belonging to Faversham Linen Services, on Ashford Road in Faversham, started just before 04:00 BST.
It ...

A man pictured at the scene of a fire that destroyed a house in Windsor is being sought by police.
The blaze in Park Street, started at about 22:00 BST on Tuesday 7 May, took around five hours to bring it under control.
Police believe a man, wearing ...

Parts of a factory in Leicester have collapsed after a fire burned through the night.
The fire at the Reusable and Disposable Catering Supplies plant in Trevanth Road started shortly before midnight on Tuesday.
Up to 55 firefighters tackled the blaze...

A man suffered burns when a bonfire exploded in his garden.
The man, thought to be in his late 20s, appeared to have used liquid fuel on rubbish in Ramsgate on Tuesday, Kent Fire and Rescue Service said.
He threw a lit match on to the items and vapou...